Luleå Municipality () is a

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Norrbotten County Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or ''län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares borders ...

in northern

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. Its

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is located in

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...

, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.

Localities

There are 18 localities (or urban areas) in Luleå Municipality: The municipal seat in

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Sister cities

Luleå Municipality has five sister cities:Official site
* Flag of Norway

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Murmansk,

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References

External links

www.lulea.se

Luleå University of Technology (LTU)
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Localities

Sister cities

See also

References

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